Suicide crisis

The ending of “Wall of Fire Rising” was very traumatic compared to the rest of the story. Author Edwidge Danticat let the conclusion of the story be very vague, meaning there are multiple reason as well as outcomes for the way this story ended. Guy’s lack of proud based off of his failures in life played a part in his death. I didn’t think Guy was planning on killing himself because, he never gave any signs of having suicidal thoughts. I knew Guy always wanted to fly the air balloon, but he…

When a person is struggling with their mental instability, society is often quick to just deem them as “mad” but then refuse to look beneath the surface of their problems. For people who struggle with mental instability, pinpointing the root cause and finding the proper “cure” is integral, so that the instability will not worsen and branch out into other problems. In the book Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, the character Emo suffers from the prolonged effects of war-induced trauma, which causes…

EJ Burden: November 22, 2017 How is Bartleby's occupation in 'the dead letter office' directly related to his ultimate existence and the theme of morality? The dead letters within the office represent our mortality and the shortcomings of our greatest intentions. These letters are never delivered to their recipient, and are a failure in terms of communication. For some reason or other, the letters destination is never reached and the sender has failed to communicate their message. In relation to…

What are the effects of loneliness? Some people become depressed, some people find ways to not be lonely anymore, but some people are so used to being lonely that they choose to live that way. Loneliness can change people by causing them to become depressed, angry, and mistreat others. Of Mice and Men takes places during the Dust Bowl in America. During this time, things like racism, sexism, and discrimination against mentally handicapped people was very common. The characters in this book work…

Euthanasia, assisted suicide, mercy killing, sounds crazy right? Its actual a common misconception. Most people think that euthanasia is related to suicide and influencing death; thats not at all what euthanasia is. Euthanasia is the killing of a patient suffering from an incurable disease or in an irreversible coma. Euthanasia is illegal in most countries. Legalizing euthanasia would help end the suffering for so many patients, the suffering of patients doesn’t only affect the patient but…

The Glass Castle is a memoir centered around the childhood of Jeannette Walls, a successful journalist and author. Jeannette's childhood memoir begins around 1963 when she is three years old. She manages to set herself on fire and must be rushed to the hospital. To avoid paying the hospital her dad comes in the middle of the night to take her and the family does “the skedaddle” (Walls, 2005, p. Location 51). Over the next few years, the Walls family continues to skedaddle, moving around the…

Was Hamlets actions justified? In the story Hamlet finds out his father has been murdered by his uncle and he needs to get revenge. Hamlet was told by a ghost of his father that he was murdered. His mother has remarried with Hamlets uncle months after his father has died. Was Hamlets actions justified? In the process of getting revenge he also treated his mother poorly, the main reason Ophelia died, and he delayed the revenge a long time, and eventually killed Claudius his uncle. His actions…

Ignorance is the lack of knowledge towards a certain subject and it can cause great conflict. This idea is presented often in the play Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, a play about a pair of star crossed lovers who fall in love and secretly get married. As problems come their way, they decide to take hasty actions. This is all due to their lack of knowledge. Ignorance caused love, violence, and poor decisions that ultimately led to Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Ignorance…

What is the most significant complication when people judge before something occurs? Death, according to William Shakespeare. In Act 3 there are two speeches given, one by Decius Brutus and the other by Mark Antony. These two funeral speeches in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare are similar in organization although differ in the message. To begin, William Shakespeare is creative in differing the positions where the men stand during the funeral speeches. Brutus stands above…

“It’s been shown over and over that people who live lonely and disconnected lives, even smack in the middle of a modern metropolis, are more depressed, more suicidal and have more physical illnesses than the rest of us,” (Herbert). Although it may be mentally draining, disconnect, if practiced repeatedly, may become a comforting familiarity. People who are disconnected- from family, friends, nature, life, etc.- may not realize the harm they are causing by forcing themselves into this emotional…